Black male fiction and the legacy of Caliban
By: James W. Coleman.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence.; American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; American fiction -- Male authors -- History and criticism.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States.; African American men -- Intellectual life.; African American men in literature.; Caliban (Fictitious character); Blacks in literature.; Men in literature.
Description: "Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban is the first book to analyze a substantial body of black male fiction from a central perspective. Coleman analyzes the modern and postmodern novels of John Edgar Wideman, Clarence Major, Charles Johnson, William Melvin Kelley, Trey Ellis, David Bradley, and Wesley Brown. Coleman traces the Caliban legacy to early literary influences, primarily Ralph Ellison, and then deftly demonstrates its contemporary manifestations.".

"This study challenges those who argue for the liberating possibilities of the postmodern narrative, as Coleman reveals the pervasiveness of the Calibanic image and its tremendous influence."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: Defining Calibanic Discourse; title: in the Black Male Novel and Black Male Culture 1; title: 1; title: The Conscious and Unconscious Dimensions; title: of Calibanic Discourse Thematized; title: in Philadelphia Fire 18; title: 2; title: The Thematized Black Voice; title: in John Edgar Wideman's; title: The Cattle Killing and Reuben 37; title: 3; title: Clarence Major's Quest to Define; title: and Liberate the Self and the Black Male Writer 59; title: 4; title: Charles Johnson's Response; title: to "Caliban's Dilemma" 81; title: 5; title: Calibanic Discourse in Postmodern; title: and Non-Postmodern Black Male Texts 100; title: 6; title: Ralph Ellison and the Literary Background; title: of Contemporary Black Male Postmodern Writers 129; title: Conclusion; title: The "Special Edge" Tension; title: Between the Conscious and Unconscious; title: in the Contemporary Black Male Postmodern Novel 148.